Don't forget those white gloves.

That's cruel and unusual, and should be disallowed. *g*

~points up~

Seems there is a family member using a Tadbook as leverage. We can't be having with this.

Hmm.  Maybe I should look into this "Rite" book.

Miiru:  ah!  an excellent selling point!

*makes plans*

1.  Eww!  that's when people should be sleeeeeeping  (or reading)

2.  OK, I usually forget to eat when I'm reading good stuff anyway.

~envy~

I'd love to get my grubby paws on the Absolute Sandman. Sadly, broke.

*bounces* my copy is on it's way! That saves this rotten week!
*can't wait for Monday*

My copy just shipped. :)

Apparently, Subterranean Press has sold out their print run of RITE. So, if you have been considering to buy a copy, hurry up. Amazon seems to have some copies still, and other booksellers might also have copies in stock, but when these are gone, they´re gone for good.

Miiru wrote:

~points up~

Seems there is a family member using a Tadbook as leverage. We can't be having with this.

It is not the first time she's done it either. When I ordered Memory, Sorrow and Thorn in mass market edition a few years ago, she hid The Dragonbone Chair and The Stone of Farewell.

Needless to say, I wasn't happy. I did have to make an unplanned trip back, so I did pick up Rite and have read some of it. Good so far!

By the way, does any one else's copy of the book have many of the "v"s unprinted? I don't mind it, really, but it kind of jars me out of the flow.

[ February 06, 2007: Message edited by: Avi Stetto ]

When author Tad Williams received copies of his book Rite, he noticed a very unusual printing error in the book: in italicized text, the letter “v” had gone missing. Tad informed us of the error, and we set out to understand how this error had happened. For some reason, this error only occurred in the printing process itself; as our outside proofer can tell you, the page proofs of the book had all “v”s in the right place. Subterranean, our proofer and our printer are still looking into what went wrong, so we can avoid this sort of problem in the future.

If we had been able to catch this error during the early stages of the printing process, naturally we would have stopped the run and made a correction. At this point, however, 90% of the print run has been sold; recalling and reprinting is, at this late date, a moot point. Be that as it may, I am aware that any error in our books reflects on all the work we do, and ultimately I am responsible for making sure that every book we print and sell meets our high standards. I take full and personal responsibility for this printing error.

I want to apologize to Tad Williams for this printing error; it’s marred what is otherwise a truly wonderful book. Tad has been nothing less than a gentleman through this entire process, and I’ve been grateful for his courteousness. I hope to be able to make this up to him in the future.

I also want to apologize to Subterranean’s readers. We slipped. I will, and Subterranean will, do what we can to make sure this is one slip that won’t happen twice.

Sincerely,

William Schafer

A Note About RITE

I ordered my copy today.  Yes, I'm slow.